Authoritative release | The deployment of the adjustment and reform of the military's professional sports forces is launched

  People's Liberation Army Daily, Beijing, October 21st (Special correspondent Wu Xu, correspondent Wei Shilei) On October 20th, the only professional sports unit of our army, the Military Sports Training Center of the Central Military Commission’s Training Management Department, was held in Beijing, marking The adjustment and reform of the military's professional sports force officially kicked off.

  The meeting announced the Central Military Commission’s "Notice on the Adjustment and Reform of the Military Professional Sports Force" and the "Work Plan for the Adjustment and Reform of the Military Sports Training Center of the Military Training Management Department of the Military Commission." The leaders of the Military Commission’s Training Management Department made specific arrangements for the adjustment and reform.

  It is understood that this adjustment and reform is carried out under the unified deployment of the Central Military Commission. Our army's "August 1st" military team with fine traditions and profound background will undergo major changes in terms of functional positioning, scale and structure, and competition methods.

  The overall design and target requirements of this adjustment and reform can be understood and understood from five aspects: One is to clarify the fundamental orientation.

Accelerate the transformation of military sports construction in the new era, strengthen the service of the army, and support the construction of combat effectiveness.

The second is to adjust the construction positioning.

Further highlight the military attributes, change the development direction, strengthen the service and guidance function of military sports training for the military, build a distinctive, capable and efficient professional sports force layout that is compatible with the development of the situation and tasks, and promote the construction of military sports from the competition field to the army Change for the Lord.

The third is to optimize the strength structure.

Some professional teams with distinctive military characteristics will be retained, and competitive sports teams with strong masses and rich social resources will no longer be retained.

The fourth is to standardize entry requirements.

The army no longer participates in national comprehensive sports games and individual events; it participates in the World Military Games and individual events of the International Military Sports Council.

The fifth is to refine functional tasks.

Mainly responsible for basic research on military sports training of the whole army, drafting standards and regulations, developing technical services, selecting and training backbones, participating in international military sports events and military sports foreign exchange activities.

  According to the leadership of the Training Management Department of the Military Commission, after the completion of the reform task, a new layout of military professional sports forces that matches the strategic goals of building a world-class military in an all-round way and the strategic requirements of reforming and strengthening the military will be formed, and the scientific military sports training will be comprehensively improved. The level of professionalization and actual combat will increase the rate of contribution to the building of military combat effectiveness.